Language and Semiotic Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal of international scope.Published by Soochow University Press,China,it is an authorized quarterly journal with an independent ISSN(2096-031X)and CN(32-1859/H)granted by the State Administration of Press,Publication,Radio,Film and Television of the People's Republic of China.With all its contents appearing in English,the journal serves and supports the Chinese Association for Language and Semiotic Studies(founded at Soochow University in 1994)while it reaches out and joins colleagues from all around the world for trans-cultural exchange and inter-disciplinary dialogue.